Babesial infection in the Madagascan flying fox, Pteropus rufus É. Geoffroy, 1803

Abstract Background Babesiae are erythrocytic protozoans, which infect the red blood cells of vertebrate hosts to cause disease. Previous studies have described potentially pathogenic infections of Babesia vesperuginis in insectivorous bats in Europe, the Americas and Asia. To date, no babesial infe...

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Main Authors: Hafaliana C. Ranaivoson, Jean-Michel Héraud, Heidi K. Goethert, Sam R. Telford, Lydia Rabetafika, Cara E. Brook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3300-7